All of These Were Reasons for U

question 8

Multiple Choice

All of these were reasons for U.S. opposition to Socialist Salvador Allende's democratically elected government except

• A) U.S. leaders identified Allende with Soviet communism.
• B) Fear of global trade war, led U.S. to oppose nationalistic limits on foreign investment.
• C) Allende's coalition government militarily allied with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
• D) Allende expropriated foreign-owned copper and telecommunications industries.

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